1901 Anonymous Course of Instruction Magnetic Healing

A Course of Instruction
in
Magnetic Healing
IN F IV E P A R T S
comprising
Part I. T he Philosophy of Magnetic Healing
P art IL Special Instruction to the Student
P art m . Rules for Development erf Magnetic Power
Part IV. T he Application of Magnetic Healing
Part V. Giving Absent Treatm ents
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INDEX.
Introduction ...........................................................................................
Part I.—The Philosophy of Magnetic Healing—All Have the Power
—Polarity—The Hands—For an Example—Why the Hands are
Used—The Law of Giving—Where the Force is Manufactured—
Value of Sympathy—The Nerve Currents—The Power of Union
-The Composition of Nerves—The Comprehensiveness of Mag
netic Healing—How Nerves Feel—Nerves are Conscious—The
Purpose of Vital Magnetism—A Study of Pain—The Superiority
of Magnetic Healing........................................... r............................
Part II.—Special Directions to the Magnetic Healer—Caring for the
Hands—Advantage of Perspiration—Cultivating Self-confidence
—The Basic Truth—Points on Behavior—The Importance of Gaze
—The Reason Why—Important Caution—The Breath in Healing
—The Secret of the Air—Conserving Energy.................................
Part III.—The Development of Magnetic Powers—Where the Force
Is—The Healer’s Manner of Breathing—Breathing Exercises—
Possible Attainments—Attaining Full .Breathing—Sensing the
Life-force—The Key to Life ................... ......................................
Part IV.—The Application of Magnetic Healing: Holding the At
tention—The Long Pass—Effects to Be Noticed—Special Treat
ment—Position of Hands—The Abdominal Brain—Directing the
Current—Length of Treatment—The Healer’s Manner—Precau
tions to be Observed—Increasing the Vibrations—The Crisis—
The Force that Directs the Blood—Contrasting Medical Science—
A Rational Method—Medical Methods—Magnetism Dissolves De
posits—Cure for Cancer—Relieving Pains—Headache—Asthma-
Influenza or Grippe, Colds—Chills—Fever—Rheumatism—Sci
atica—Nervous Prostration and Neurasthenia—Alcoholism, Mor
phinism and Cocainism—Catarrh of Head, Stomach, Kidneys,
Bladder—Chronic Constipation—Dyspepsia—Paralysis—Apoplexy
—Bright’s Disease—Dropsy—Magnetizing by the Breath—Hot In
sufflation—Directions—Cold Insufflation—How to Magnetize Ob
jects—Preparing Blotting Paper—In Case of Sores—How to Mag
netize a Glass of Water.................................... .................... ..........
To Professional Healers........................................................................
Part V.—Absent Treatments—The Power of Thought—The Purpose
of This Chapter—The Force of Good-will—Avoid Self-distrust—
The Law of Living—Natural Aids to Cure—Breathing for Health
—Form of Breathing—Expressing Suggestions—Increasing Chest
Expansion—Solvent Properties of Fluids—How to Drink Water—
A Caution—A New System of Exercise—Stretching—First Exer
cise on Waking—The System of Muscular Contraction—The
Proper Method—When to Use It—How Often to Do This—Corre
sponding With Patients—Write Personal Letters Always—How
To Give These Treatments—The Reaction for Good Upon the
Healer—A Final Word of Advice.................................................
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INTRODUCTION.
Magnetic Healing is that system of treatment by which Life-

Energy is transferred by the Healer to the patient.
Magnetic Healing does not effect its cures by Thought-trans
ference, Suggestion, Expectant Attention, or Hypnotism.
Magnetism and Hypnotism are distinct and separate sciences.
Magnetic Healing and Hypnotic Influence must never be
confused.
Magnetic Healing acts first upon the nerve centers, and its
healthful influence is then communicated to the brain. Hypnot
ism acts first upon the brain, and its influence is then distributed
to the nerves and fibers.
Whereas Hypnotism requires that the patient shall surrender
something of his individuality and will-power into the keeping of
another, and works best when sleep has been induced, Magnetic
Healing asks no surrender of the patient’s will-power or con
sciousness, but works its best results when the patient is most fully
conscious of all that is transpiring.
Whereas Hypnotism achieves its results by the effect of one
brain upon another brain. Magnetic Healing performs its marvels
by the effect of a transference of force from one body to another
body. Whereas Hypnotism is of the Brain and theoretical,
Magnetic Healing is of the Spirit and practical. For this reason,
and because their training as servants of God fits them peculiarly
for this ennobling work, clergymen, make great Magnetic Healers.
The gift of healing is a spiritual endowment. It is dormant
in ev ery human being. It needs to be awakened; to be developed;
to be used and nourished and cared for. It is the greatest of all
the gifts.
Some have developed it in a minor degree; some have neg
lected it. All possess it. All have in them the germ, the seed of
the quality. The purpose of this Course of Instruction is to
develop in all my students whether they are at present strong and
well, or sick and ailing, this great power which is lying unused,
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and perhaps unknown, within. The gifts of God are not an*
nounced with blare of trumpets. The great forces of Nature are
silent forces. The force of Magnetic Healing is potentially the
same in all. It is silent in action. For some who have over
looked its existence it is silent forever. But in those who embrace
it as a means of doing good it is ready at any moment to spring to
life.
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PARTI.
T he P h ilo s o p h y o f M a g n e tic H e a lin g — A l l H a te t h e P o w e r— P o
l a r i t y — T h e H a n d s — F o r a n E x a m p le —W h y t h e H a n d s a r e U sed
— T h e L a w o f G iv in g — W h e r e t h e F o r c e i s M a n u f a c t u r e d — V a l u e
o f S y m p a th y — T h e N e rv e C u r r e n ts — T h e P o w e r o f U n io n — T h e
C o m p o s itio n o f N e r v e s — T h e C o m p r e h e n s iv e n e s s o f M a g n e t i c
H e a l i n g — How N e r v e s F e e l — N e r v e s a r e C o n s c i o u s — T h e P u r p o s e
o f V i t a l M a g n e tis m — A S tu d y o f P a in — T h e S u p e r io r ity o f M a g
n e tic H e a lin g .
T he P hilosophy of M agnetic H ealing.—From the earliest

times of which we have record in history it has been noted that to
certain favored people was given the power to cure disease and
pain in their fellows by the laying on of hands. It is for you, my
student, to recognize to-day that these very examples of which
history has given us a record are evidence of a fact of stupendous
importance, viz.: that every human being has a p o w er which can
be developed, b y practice to the poin t o f curing disease in him self
and in others b y the application o f v ita l m agnetic force. I want
you to think this over for a minute and understand just what is
meant by it. It means firstly that there is in you perhaps only the
germ of this curative power because you may have never yet had
sufficient confidence in yourself to try to cure anyone else of pain
or disease. You have been accustomed always to turn for relief
to the physician or the chemist, not recognizing in yourself that
power to alleviate these wrong conditions of which this course of
instruction will treat.
A ll H ave the P ower.—The first things to bear in mind
is that all human beings are potentially the same in their powers,
therefore, although I referred at the beginning of this chap
ter to certain persons as “favored” I did not mean that they
were endowed by nature with special powers which are denied
to you, but that they had made use of powers which you had
not made use of but which are neveretheless contained within
you and awaiting development.
P olarity.—The next point for you to remember is that every
human being is magnetic. Every human being attracts and
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repels. He does this w ith ou t knowing that he does it. The
practice of Magnetic Healing is strictly the practice of using
this magnetic force consciously, that is to say, projecting it upon
others by determined effort
T he H ands.—Having grasped these points there is yet an
other for you to commit to memory, which is that in every human
being the right hand is the positive hand and the left hand is
the negative hand. In the practice of magnetic healing the
secret of success is always to transmit your magnetism to the
patient by means of the application of the right hand, using
the left hand to close the circuit as it were, that is, to very
strongly draw the current through the patient’s body from your
right hand to your left.
F or an E xample.—To make this point a little more clear,
let us suppose that you are giving magnetic treatment to a
patient who is suffering from rheumatism. I will give you later
the proper application of the hands in the treatment of this
and other diseases and I use this illustration now simply to
explain to you very easily the philosophy of your method,
"tf’our patient has, as I say, rheumatism, and in order to treat him
successfully you must determine and strongly w ill that you will
pass a current of your wholesome nervous force, which is your
vital magnetism, through that patient’s body by the application
of your right hand, the current to pass out of his body into
your left hand and so back to you in the circuit.
W hy the H ands are U ser —You are thus by your will
power throwing magnetism into the patient through the medium
of your hands,'and the hands are chosen as the chief instru
ments in magnetic healing-because magnetism passes off more
freely from the palms of the hands and the finger tips than
from any other part of the body. Now when that magnetic
current returns to you through your left hand, it is not pre
cisely the same either in quantity or quality, having been employed
in restoring during its passage the nervous equilibrium of your
patient. That is to say, your patient has absorbed a certain
amount of force from you and his nervous system is now using
this force for his own restoration to health. Obviously you could
not continue to give magnetic treatments to a large number of
people indiscriminately without losing health yourself if there
were no means of replenishing the store of magnetic enery which
you give out,
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T h e Law op G iving.—But it is a beautiful provision of
nature that the more freely you give, the more freely you shall
receive, and whereas the average man who is only unconsciously
magnetic gives off very little magnetism in his daily intercourse
with human beings, and re-absorbs very little magnetism him
self into his nervous system, the magnetic healer on the other
hand makes a daily practice of assisting his fellow beings by
the exercise of this beneficent power and is receiving a special
influx of nervous energy from the quickened assimilation of
food and air in the chemical laboratory of his body. In other
words, when yo u determ ine to help others, you so quicken the
vibrations of your own organism that you will receive supplies
of strength from the inexhaustible source in proportion to the
demands that are made upon you. No selfish person can be
a thoroughly successful magnetic healer because the generous
impulse which is required to set in motion in their full force
these vibrations which feed the nerve currents is lacking. Have
no fear, therefore, that in the practice of magnetic healing you
will give off so much nervous energy that your own physical
health will suffer, because the greater the demand upon you, the
greater will be the supply accorded to you.
W here the F orce is M anufactured.—Every human body
is a laboratory for the manufacture of this nervous force. We
might aptly liken the practice of magnetic healing to a Loan Com
pany. The nervous energy in you represents the capital stock of
the Loan Company. Should you continue to do a very conserva
tive business, placing scarcely any loans, and using but a hun
dredth part of your capital, your business w.ill be very much the
same at the end of the year as when you began operations.
You will have neither lost money nor made money; but should
you place your capital out at interest, keeping your funds in
a state of active circulation, your Loan Company will grow in
power and importance in proportion to the amount of business
it transacts. Similarly the magnetic healer makes his nervous
energy draw interest for him instead of allowing it to rest idle
in the vaults.
V alue of Sympathy .—Now although every human being
is capable of assisting by his magnetic force those other human be
ings who are in need of his power, the finest demonstrations of
magnetic healing are given when there is a communion of thought
and feeling between healer and patient. I cannot insist too
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strongly upon this point that in order to attain the best results
by magnetic healing your patient must look to yo u gratefully
as one who can and will cure him of his malady. It is not
necessary for you to study minutely all the ramifications of
the diseases classified by medical science to-day. We know
scarcely anything of the nature of the diseases beyond the fact
that all disease is a manifestation of disharmony or lack of ease.
We are accustomed to regard the body’as an intelligent machine
capable of contracting and being' cured of certain disturbances
which we call diseases, but as a matter of fact the body is noth
ing but a carcass and is held together by force of attraction, and
rendered intelligent by nerve substance, and any curative action
of any method of healing whatsoever is only rendered possible
by the action of nerve substance.
T he N erve-currents.—The nervous currents of the body
have their home in and are drawn out by this nerve substance
which is used by the intelligence of the individual. Therefore
in order to cure disease it is necessary for you as a magnetic
healer not only to employ your nervous force under the direc
tion of your will to heal your patient, but to obtain from your
patient that joyful accord of his intention, or will, with yours
for his benefit, which completes the perfect circle of the union
of wills between healer and patient.
T he P ower of U nion .—When this union is established,
when your patient is grateful to you, has faith in you, and is
obedient to you, I do not know of any disease from simple
headache to locomotor ataxia which cannot either be cured or
greatly benefited by the application of magnetic force. I wish
ybu to read this chapter over several times in order that you
may grasp very clearly the central point of magnetic healing,
which is that health is due to the harmonious condition of the
nerve currents of the body; that disease is due to the disturbance
of these nerve currents; and that the nerve currents themselves
which are responsible for the diseased conditions are controlled
and directed by the will.
T h e Composition of N erves.—Magnetic forces are received
first by the nervous system, and thence distributed to the blood
and tissue. A Nerve is composed of fibrous matter, white, and
vesicular matter, grey. It contains fat, albumen and water.
The water is the medium of the nerve force, and thus the busi
ness of the nerve becomes at once a most important and most
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complicated proceeding. Each nerve is composed of a bundle
of nerve fibers or tubes, and each nerve trunk has numerous
bundles or nerve fibers, each bundle having its sheath enabling
it to conduct independently of the other. The nerves conduct;
they convey information; they are intelligent; they are there
fore the home or the seat of intelligence. The nerves receive
and require nourishment from the blood; they (reeeivje and
require electricity; they convey sensation and feeling, as has
been said, and they also convey nourishment, the nourishment
which is of the Spirit, and the nourishment which is of the
mind. There are two great systems of nerves, the Cerebro-
Spinal and the Sympathetic; distinct and independent; yet
closely connected and at times interdependent the one upon the
other.
T he C omprehensiveness of M agnetic H ealing.—Mag
netic Healing deals with the action of both nerve-systems, and is
the first rational science of treatment to recognize the necessity
of combining treatment of cerebro-spinal and sympathetic at one
and the same time, forming by the hands of the Healer the
required current from positive to negative. It will simplify the
study of the nerve systems for you if we divide them bluntly
into two kinds, the motor and the sensory. Motor nerves act
upon muscles, and any stimulus to the motor nerves thus pro
duces physical action. The Sympathetic Nerve System possesses
two ganglionic chains running parallel with the whole vertebral
column. The Cerebro-Spinal System includes the Cerebrum, the
Cerebellum, the Medulla Oblongata, and the Spinal Cord.
How N erves F eel.—In order to best illustrate how sen
sation is produced, I quote the following excellent definition
by Dr. Babbitt, of Los Angeles, California, who has done as
much as any moderh investigator to familiarize his students
with the principles of Light and Color, and the finer forces of
nature which surround us.
“We will say a very keen sensation is felt at the knee. How
is this done? The cutaneous sensory nerves carry their thermal
fluid to the ganglion of the posterior spinal nerve, which immedi
ately flashes up under the chemical stimulus of a motor nerve cell.
The force connected with the spine is radiated by means of the
motor nerves in all directions, but those nerves which connect im
mediately with the point of excitement at the knee would be espec
ially active, as nature is ever aiming to establish circuits. But why
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is pain felt at that particular point? Because it is the end of the
circuit, the point where something violent has taken place to upset
the smooth flow of the forces. But will the current to and from
the spine alone cause this pain? Yes, to some extent, but that con
scious sensation which discriminates as to the cause or nature of
the pain must come from the frontal cortex of the brain as it
receives the ethers which are radiated upon it from below, or as
it perceives by means of the sight or hearing still more of the
cause.”
N erves are Conscious.—The only criticism which I have
to make to this excellent definition is that pain is sensed also
without the aid of the understanding, the nerves struck having
intelligence within them. In the light of modem research it
has been made plain that the nerve contains within itself intel
ligence, and that the brain is no longer the sole interpreter of
the organism. The message being first sensed and understood
by the nerve, the brain is informed of the matter and aids the
sensation by bestowing attention upon it.
T h e P urpose of V ital M agnetism.—In the ordinary course
of events the pain would disappear as soon as the nerve-currents
had re-established their harmony, and the province of Vital Mag
netism in the stilling of pain is to support the electrical current
of nerve-energy, to re-establish the interrupted circuit. The
brain influencing the vaso-motor nerves, sends to the affected part
fresh supplies of blood, causing redness of the part and inflam
mation. But the part which the brain itself bears in this matter
is that of feverish solicitude, which is likely to do more harm
than good. Here comes in the beneficent action of Magnetism,
to re-establish harmony, and by so doing, to allay the pain and
permit the flux of blood sent to the affected part to return again
to its channels.
A S tudy of P ain .—The question of pain is such a vital one
in the practice of Magnetic Healing, that I must give this mat
ter further consideration before leaving it. You are aware from
the study of Hypnotism that during hypnotic experiments pain
is sometimes entirely absent in the subject, and this condition
of freedom from sensation is held to be induced by the operator
because of the dissociation of nerve fibers connected with
the cortex leading up to the cortex from the seat of the pain.
The position taken in this explanation is that when the cortex
is, so to speak, put to sleep, the subject is unconscious of pain
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because there is no longer an active brain to interpret the sen

sation. This explanation is both correct and incorrect. It would
be more exact to say that it is partially correct. By putting
the cortex into a condition of insensibility the operator has
merely distracted the attention of the patient from the seat
of the pain, and has therefore relieved the patient of the ob
trusive help which the brain would have sought to give if its
attention had been centered upon the pain. Hypnotism thus re
lieves the patient of the unnecessary pain which the attention
creates. But inasmuch as the shock of an operation may be felt
during hypnosis, unattended by any unpleasant sensation of pain,
we must recognize the presence of another vital and powerful
force acting in obedience to the will of the operator, and the best
interests of the subject. This Force is Vital Magnetism, the Force
which governs sensation when it is called into action by harmoniz
ing the nervous system of the individual, and strengthening the
nerves to repel sensation. The patient who is surcharged with
Vital Magnetism is indifferent to pain, and even if the cerebrum is
active, he is unconscious of suffering.
T h e S uperiority of M agnetic H ealing.—Hence, the im
mense advantage on purely physical grounds of the Magnetic
treatment over the hypnotic form. The Magnetic Healer intro
duces into the system of his patient by contact of hands with
nerve centers, an access of energy which brings the vital resist
ance of the patient up to the point at which disharmony or pain
is overcome and subdued. He does this with the full knowl
edge and understanding of the patient. He does not throw
the patient upon his own resources, leaving him to subdue pain
by his own force, though we have seen that in some hypnotic ex
periments this is effective. He takes from the Nervous Energy
which is in himself to give to the patient, and thus it comes about
that after magnetic treatments patients feel for many hours the
benefit of this additional strength.
PART II.
S p e c ia l D ir e c t io n s to t h e M a g n e t ic H e a l e r — C a s in g fo r t h e H a n d s —
A dvantage of P e r s p ir a t io n — C u l t iv a t in g S e l f -c o n f id e n c e — T h e
B a s i c T r u t h — P o i n t s o n B e h a v io r — T he I m portan ce o f G a z e —T he
R e a s o n W h y — I m p o r t a n t C a u t io n — T he B r e a t h i n H e a l in g — T he
S ecret of t h e A ir — C o n s e r v in g E nergy.
S pecial D irections to the M agnetic H ealer : The ave

nues through which magnetic force most easily passes from the
healer to his patient are three: (i) the hands, (2) the eyes, (3)
the breath. Inasmuch as the hands are of first importance we will
deal with them at once.
Caring for the H ands.—Before beginning treatment always
wash the hands thoroughly with soap and water. Then dry them
carefully and rub the palms briskly together until strong heat is
engendered and at the same time that the blood shall be diri-
gated to the veins of the hands and arms. To hasten this result of
heat in the hands it is a good plan after rubbing the hands to
gether to spread the fingers out and holding the arms down by the
side shake the hands loosely and with force, at the same time
thinking of the arms as being hollow channels through which you
desire to get the nerve force to the extremities of the fingers.
When your hands are hot from this exercise, clap them together
once or-twice and rub the palms once more just before laying
the hands upon the patient’s body.
A dvantage of P erspiration.—I t will be an additional ad
vantage if the palms of the hands become moist during this ex
ercise and you will be careful to remember that any evidence of
perspiration in the palms of the hands during treatment is an ex
cellent sign as showing the free egress of magnetic force from
you to the patient.
C ultivating Self -confidence.—Always hold in your mind
before giving treatment the thought that you can and w ill help
your patient. While your patient is telling you his symptoms
repeat to yourself in a firm, confident internal whisper the state
ment “I can and will relieve him of his trouble. It is given to
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me as my right to cure him. This power is mine to use for his
benefit and I can cure him.” Say this to yourself slowly and
firmly, repeating it over and over again, and the effect will be to
strengthen your confidence in yourself. Never allow your patient
to suppose that you have any doubts whatever as to your ability
to cure him. In fact, one of the secrets of success in magnetic
healing is to assume a calm assurance of povjer which no skep
ticism can ruffle and which no opposition can break. You must
not think for a moment that because you assume a confidence
which you do not possess, therefore, you are acting a lie. You
are not an imposter.
T h e B a s i c T r u t h . —'You have in your hands the great basic
truth of all healing which is that the mind forces govern disease,
and by your confident assurance you will awake in your patient a
feeling of respect for your power which though he may not
verbally confess it, rouses in him a confidence in your ability to
cure him, and this feeling of confidence on his part brings him
into the state of vibration in which it is easy for you to transmit
your magnetic force to him. Thus you see the tremendous im
portance of the effect of your manner upon your patient. Never
hesitate or show any vacillation of method.
P o i n t s o n B e h a v i o r . —When you have heard his story, get
to work at once assuring him in the meantime that you can help
him, and if he expresses strong doubt on this point it is then that
your confident assurance of power and the absence of all uncer
tainty on your part will be required to bring him to the right state
of mind in which he can receive benefit from you. Never allow
yourself to be browbeaten or confused by the arguments of your
patient. Let him understand plainly that you do not care to argue
with him ; that you do not even seek to change his opinions by
argument, but that if you are to help him, as you intend to do, he
must drop his antagonism and simply remain a passive agent in
your hands in order that you may bring a force to bear upon him
for the relief of his pain and disease. There are very few men so
set in their ideas of opposition that they will not be willing to be at
least passive in the hands of one who is only anxious to restore
them to health. I never advise my students to explain their
theories of these life forces to their patients. It is, on the contrary,
easier to produce the profound effect which you seek, if your
patients are given to understand that you yourself do not know the
source of your power; that you yourself are but an instrument in
the Hands of omnipotent intelligence. It is natural for every
human being to respect that which he does not understand and to
be attracted by a force beyond his comprehension.
No. 2—The Eye: As the hands are the instruments by which
the magnetic force is directly applied to the body, the eye is the
agent by which the impression is strengthened upon the mind
of the patient.
T h e I m p o r t a n c e o f G a z e . —Therefore, it is necessary that
you should cultivate a firm, steadfast gaze, and during your
conversation with your patient you should be especially careful
to make use of the fixed gaze which in my method of magnetic
healing differs in manner from that employed in any other sys
tem of the kind of which I have knowledge. When speaking
to your patient, wink your eyes as little as possible, cultivating
not a stare, but an intent, powerful, interested look. Fasten
your gaze upon the pupil of his left eye and do not permit your
look to wander even for an instant either to his other eye or
to a point midway between his eyes. The philosophy of this
intent gaze centered upon the one point is that your will force
is most easily transmitted to his mind through his left eye than
through any other avenue.
T h e R e a s o n W h y . —It is the principle of the rifle ball as
opposed to the principle of the scattered shotgun. You are
fastening your gaze, which carries with it your powerful de
termination to heal, upon the most receptive point in his organ
ism, that point where your whole force will meet with less
resistance. In order to aid you in focusing your gaze upon this
one point, I want you to imagine that when you are thus looking
into his pupil you have the power of seeing right through the
eye into the brain. This mental attitude will give your glance
that deep intentness which is so great an assistance to your suc
cess. You will find after a little practice that when you are in
terested in your work it is scarcely necessaiy for you to wink the
eyes at all and that they become stronger and brighter by their
employment in this way. No matter how your patient’s gaze may
wander to and from your eyes to the floor and back again, let him
feel that your glance is boring right through him in its conscious
ness of power.
No. 3—The Breath : As the breath plays such an important
role in the practice of Magnetic Healing, it is imperative that you
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should be careful above all things to keep the mouth, throat and
stomach sweet and clean.
I m p o r t a n t C a u t i o n . —Avoid the use of stimulants and to
bacco, because anything which makes a disagreeable impression
upon your patient counts strongly against your success. A single
disagreeable shock, such as the odor of onions, is sometimes suffi
cient to prevent the patient from passing into the condition of
nervous harmony which you seek to establish. There should not
be the slightest odor of tobacco or alcohol about you, but on the
other hand, some sweet smelling herb, such as thyme, lavender,
or mint, used as a mouth wash, possesses pleasant properties as
an indication of cleanliness and care on your part.
T h e B r e a t h i n H e a l i n g . —We shall,see later on that there
are other methods of using the breath in healing which are
even equal to the laying-on of hands in the alleviation of pain,
and the utmost care should therefore be exercised that the em
ployment of this agent should be fraught with no disagreeable
consequences to the patient. You will remember that in the
old testament the breath is the means of restoring to life the
widow’s son and that still further back it is stated that God
breathed into man the breath of life and he became a living soul.
Indeed, it is largely through the atmosphere that the magnetic
healer draws into himself by means of his lungs some of that
power which he gives forth again as magnetic energy.
T h e S e c r e t o f t h e A i r . —It has long been held by the most
advanced thinkers that in the air we breathe there is contained
a force greater, yet more subtle than electricity, and without go
ing into this question now, I may state it as my firm contention
that this force does exist and that it can be applied to man’s use
only when by his enlightened will he draws it into his system
to be given forth again for the benefit of others. In other words,
you will be able to receive and assimilate that force from the
atmosphere when you confidently demand that it shall be received
into you for the strengthening of your magnetic energy. There
fore, the secret of obtaining this force from the atmosphere is
by a union of your thought, your will, and act of breathing.
C o n s e r v i n g E n e r g y . —One further direction is to be given
to the student and this relates to the conserving of magnetic
energy by a species of insulation. You will find that if your
feet are wet, too much magnetic energy is given off throughout
the day and is lost, having no direction. It is very necessary
then that the healer should be careful that his feet are covered
with some dry, warm material, and if he use a sole of spun glass
inside his shoe or slipper, the effect will be to still further con
serve his energy. At night he should make a point of sleeping
upon a bed on which glass castors are used, and though these
points may seem trivial to the skeptic, the student will neglect
no opportunity of taking reasonable precautions against the
wasting of this important force.
PART III.
T he D e v e l o p m e n t o f M a g n e t ic P o w e r s — W h e r e the F or £ e I s— T h e
H e a l e r ' s M a n n e r o f B r e a t h in g — B r e a t h in g E x e r c is e s — P o s s ib l e
A t t a in m e n t s — A t t a in in g F ull B r e a t h in g — S e n s in g the L if e -
fo rce— T he K ey to L if e .
T h e D e v e l o p m e n t o f M a g n e t i c P o w e r s : If you were pos

sessed with the desire to heal others by magnetic treatments, and
knew not how to preserve for yourself a larger proportion of en
ergy than you gave out, ill-health would result to you as a conse
quence of your labor for the good of others. You would be
draining yourself of the Life Energy without allowing oppor
tunity for full recuperation. Therefore, knowledge of how to
attract to yourself a large quantity of this force, and how to
conserve and replenish this store of Energy, is necessary as a
preliminary to your work as a Healer.
W h e r e t h e F o r c e I s . —The supply of Force is inexhaustible.
It is in the food we eat, and in the water we drink, but most
accessible to us in the air we breathe. Whether he is waking
or sleeping the Magnetic Healer is always a deep breather. ‘He
is conscious always of the beneficent invisible Spirit that is about
him to strengthen him, and with each deep inspiration he draws
into himself a portion of this power. He does this consciously,
feeling the grandeur of being at harmony and at one with this
Spirit of Power. When he eats it is with the feeling that he
is taking sustenance into his body which is adding to his reserve-
force. When he lies down to sleep, it is with the knowledge
that he entrusts himself to the beneficent action of Divine Energy
in rebuilding the worn-out cells of the body, and inspiring him
for the task of the morrow.
T h e H e a l e r ’s M a n n e r o f B r e a t h i n g . —During the day
you will not notice in him any point of difference in his manner
of breathing to distinguish him from others except that his in
spirations are very slow and complete, and that he seems to
expand before your eyes as you sit opposite him. His mouth
is closed. He breathes only througfi the nostrils* and you can-
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not detect in him any spasmodic jerking of the shoulders or
muscles, as he breathes. Only as he holds your hand in his, can
you feel by the slight vibration which is imparted something of
the Force which is passing from him to you. He does not give his
method of development to the public eye, but in the seclusion
of his home he practices those breathing exercises and rules of
life which have made him the power he is, and have filled his
Mind and Body alike with the Divine Energy which he is capable
of imparting to you.
B r e a t h i n g E x e r c i s e s . —Here I give you the necessary
breathing exercises to be practiced thrice a day for fifteen min
utes for the first week. Be careful not to exceed these direc
tions. There is a purpose in making them exact, and limiting
you development according as youare able to be
F irst W eek.
Spend five minutes in the morning in preparing for the exer
cise which is to follow. Let your thoughts be centered upon
this great work of Healing, and of the good which you may
accomplish by its practice. Put yourself thus into harmony with
the Divine Essence. The best time for following out these ex
ercises is immediately following or preceding each meal, Break
fast, Lunch and Supper. They should not be practiced last thing
at night during the first month. They are stimulating in their
immediate effect, and the student is not at once able to regulate
this additional inflow of force.
W hen yo u have given up five m inutes to contem plation o f the
developm ent o f th e P o w er, lie dow n upon a couch or bed and re
lax the m uscles o f the body so that each lim b is limp and as fa r as
possible forgotten . Y ou have no attention to spare fo r an y of the
body’s m em bers.
W h en yo u are ready to begin, loosen you r clothing so that
yo u m a y breathe w ith ease, and take one long, deep inspiration,
beginning w ith expansion o f the abdomen, and carrying the
breath up b y one continued inhalation to the ribs and chest. This
breath should be indraw n fo r eigh t seconds; it should then be -
held fo r eigh t seconds, and then slo w ly exhaled during eight sec
onds T hus yo u fulfil w ith each breath the circle o f tw enty-four.
O r, using another o f the m ystic figures of the E ast, you com plete
in one breath the equilateral triangle o f E ight. Y ou w ill n o t find
th is first step in developm ent so easy as it redds on paper. You
w ill be inclined to h u rry; you may. feel that it is necessary th at you
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or should 'breathe more often; you may become fatigued, and even
a nauseated. Should this last occur, I pray you not to discontinue
of the exercise upon that account, as I hail such symptoms as point-
iii ing to the great need that existed in the system for better -
a ment. All unpleasant symptoms will disappear after a few sit-
if tings,andin their place will come an abounding and-
s ing sense of Power.
: This first exercise is necessary in order to give you what few
possess; namely, a control of the Breathing, and a determination
to mast the tasks of Spirit-development. The time allowed
for this exercise should not exceed ten minutes, having allowed
five minutes of the prescribed fifteen for preparation.
Second Week.
The exercises for the second week should still occupy only
fifteen minutes three times a day before or after meals, but they
should be conducted as follows:
After allowing the usual five minutes for preparation, close the
right nostril with the finger and inhale a deep breath, beginning
as before with the complete expansion of the abdomen, followed
by extending ribs and chest-walls. Inhale this breath through the
left nostril for ten seconds, and then hold it for ten seconds,
finally exhaling through the right nostril for ten seconds. The
control of the breathing will manifest itself to you when you are
able, without fatigue, to gradually exhale the breath for ten
seconds. It- thus takes thirty seconds to complete the breath, the
inhalation and exhalation. In ten minutes the number of com
plete breaths in this Second Exercise is therefore twenty. Practice
this exercise if necessary, beyond the allotted time if you find much
difficulty in accomplishing it. Do not leave it until you cure per
fect in its performance. After the first ten breaths, change the in
halation to the right nostril, exhaling through the left.
This exercise completes the procedure for the second week'.
When you have perfected yourself in this Exercise you may begin
treating as many as three patients daily, in the manner which will
be subsequently given you, but should not exceed this number.
You should be conscious at the end of the second week of
such an influx of vitality that it will not fatigue you to begin to
give out to others something of that, plenitude of Force which you
are securing for yourself.
Third Week.
The Exercise for the Third Week of Preparation is more dif-
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fa u lt than th e preceding, and requires on the p a rt o f the stu den t
careful an d serious attention.
I t consists in the alternate use o f the nostrils as in th e preced
in g w eek, bu t each inhalation should occupy fifteen the
breath should then be held only ten seconds; and the exhalation
should be again fifteen seconds. N o tice particularly the difficulty
you experience in exhaling fo r fifteen seconds. B u t it should be
learned. I t is necessary, to yo u r developm ent, and the rew ards are
great.
F ourth W eek.
T h e E xercises fo r the F ourth W eek are devoid o f any. re
striction s in the m atter o f using first one nostril and then the other
in the B reathin g; but the tim e o f inhaling is increased, if possible.
E v e ry inhalation should take tw en ty seconds; then hold the breath
fo r ten seconds, and exhale it tw e n ty .seconds, thus concluding
the breath. T he tim e o f the exercise m ay be extended fro m fif
teen m inutes to th irty m in u tes! including th e necessary five min
utes fo r preparation.
P o s s i b l e A t t a i n m e n t s . —Strange as it may seem to you who
know nothing of the development through breathing, some stu
dents have been known to develop a capacity for inhaling and
exhaling covering a period of five minutes for each complete
breath. The earnest student, a t- the end of the fourth week,
begins to feel in truth that exaltation of the spirit and bodily
vigor which comes with the presence of large quantities of
Nervous Energy in the system, revivifying and transfiguring him.
In place of weakness he shows strength; the rich color that
has superseded the pallor of his countenance shows how well
his physical body appreciates the nourishment which it has re
ceived. The wasted form has filled out, and the clear light
of the Spirit shines from the eye. There is no mistaking the
eye of the Magnetic Healer; it is clear, penetrating, steadfast,
yet not aggressive. Its expression is mild but constant.
A t t a i n i n g F u l l B r e a t h i n g . —After the fourth week the
student should make the practice of deep breathing his constant
aim. The muscles are now so strengthened that they are indif
ferent to any ordinary strain put upon them. He should begin
to breathe deeply in the morning when he first wakes from
slumber, and without tying himself down to any fixed hours
for Exercise, he should make a point at least once a day of
giving up th irty m inutes to his Exercise while he reclines upon
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a couch. Now his method should be to gradually extend and

still further extend the length of time occupied by the inhala
tion. The student should, to fit him for attaining full Breathing
Development, practice during the day, whenever the opportunity
presents itself, the Act of Deep Inhalation and holding the
breath. The point to be especially kept in mind at this stage
is that the exhaling of the deep breath is not to take place with
any loss of control over the act of breathing. It is to take place
under the control of the will, and must be now and always grad
ually performed. _As the length of the complete breath increases,
the period of suspension, or holding of the breath, decreases in
about the following proportion:
Length of Com
plete Breath. Inhalation. Suspension. Exhalation,
24 seconds. 8 seconds. 8 seconds. 8 seconds.
60 "seconds. 26 seconds. 8 seconds. 26 seconds.
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And so on as far as you deem it prudent to go, judging from
the effect upon you. These figures are based upon the action of
the normally developed lungs of a healthy man. The scale may
be altered in Just the ratio of one’s relation to the normal, healthy
condition.
S e n s i n g t h e L i f e - f o r c e . — When this system is carried to
perfection the student begins to experience what the Hindoos
call the “spirit movement,” when the Life Energy actually can
be sensed in its distribution throughout the body by nerves and
blood. Then disease has lost its hold upon the organism, and
fatigue becomes a thing that is speedily remedied. Then even
hunger and thirst become amenable to the control of the will,
and the strength of the spirit asserts itself against the decay
of the body.
T h e K e y t o L i f e . —The key that must unlock for man the
gate of physical immortality, or the preservation of the body
in perfect health for hundreds of years, lies, as the wise men of
the East know, even at this day, in the Practice of Deep Breathing
and Rules of Life. Do not let anyone disconcert you in this prac
tice by pointing out that “It is only Deep Breathing 1” We know
what it is and we know what it can do. All I ask is that you
give up the required time to the Exercises, and that you lose no
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opportunity to develop your control of the Breath. By so doing
you will generate for your own use more Magnetic Power than
your body needs, and will store the surplus in the system for the
healing of others. Its presence in your own body in sufficient
quantities will make you proof against the attack of disease.
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PART IV.
T he A p p l i c a t i o n o f M a g n e t i c H e a l i n g : H o l d in g t h e A t t e n t i o n — T h e
L o n g P a s s — E f f e c t s t o B e N o t ic e d — S p e c i a l T r e a t m e n t — P o s i t i o n
of H a n d s — T h e A b d o m in a l B r a in — D ir e c t in g t h e C urrent—
L e n g t h o f T r e a t m e n t — T h e H e a le r ' s M a n n e r — P r e c a u t io n s to b e
O b serv ed — I n c r e a s in g t h e V ib r a t io n s — T h e C r i s is — T h e F orce
t h a t D ir e c t s the B lood — C o n t r a s t i n g M e d ic a l S c i e n c e — A R a
t i o n a l M e t h o d — M e d ic a l M e t h o d s — M a g n e t i s m D i s s o l v e s D e p o s i t s
— C ore for C a n c e r — R e l ie v in g P a i n s — H e a d a c h e —A s t h m a -
I n f l u e n z a o r G r i p p e , C o ld s— C h i l l s — F ev er— R h e u m a t i s m — S c i
a t ic a — N e r v o u s P r o s t r a t io n and N e u r a s t h e n ia — A l c o h o l is m ,
M o r p h in is m and C o c a in is m — C a t a r r h of H ead, S tom ach,. K id
neys, B ladder— C h r o n ic C o n s t ip a t io n — D y s p e p s ia — P ara ly
s i s — A p o p l e x y — B r i g h t ’s D i s e a s e — D r o p s y — M a g n e t i z i n g b y t h e
B r e a t h — H o t I n s u f f l a t i o n — D ir e c tio n s — C o ld I n s u f f l a t i o n — H o w
t o M a g n e tiz e O b je c ts — P r e p a rin g B lo ttin g P a p e r— I n CaSe o f
S o r e s — How t o M a g n e t i z e a G l a s s o f W a t e r .
T h e A p p lic a tio n o f M a g n e tic H e a lin g : A General

Treatment: You must first learn what is meant by giving a gen
eral treatment, which must precede the specific treatment for the-
different diseases which will be mentioned hereafter. Remember
that this general treatment is to be used upon every patient at the
beginning of every treatment; whether you take a case for one
treatment only or for daily treatment for a month, you must al
ways begin work by giving this general treatment, proceeding
from this to the specific treatment for the particular disease you
are called upon to treat. Having questioned your patient first as
to his symptoms and habits of life, paying particular attention as
to whether he is suffering from constipation among other tilings,,
proceed to rub the hands briskly together and obtain the feeling
of heat and warmth in the palms and fingers concerning which
you have been already instructed. Now if your patient can come
to see you, it is very evident that he can sit up in a chair and you
therefore will dispose him comfortably in a chair in which the
back is slightly off the angle of the perpendicular, making him as
comfortable as possible. The idea is to make him rest by which
means he will be more thoroughly passive to your influence.
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H o l d i n g t h e A t t e n t i o n . —In all your treatments request
your patient to close his eyes, and this for two reasons, ( i) that
there may be less to distract his attention and (2) that he be
not allowed to watch all your methods of procedure and so obtain
an insight into your work under cover of receiving treatments
himself. This is your own work and while you are willing to
devote it to the benefit of humanity you should not be willing
to give free instruction to the curious. Therefore, insist upon
it that your patient's eyes shall remain closed throughout the
treatment. Now inform him that you are going to project your
magnetism upon him from Jiead to foot for the purpose of put
ting his nervous system^ into harmony, and then while he sits
comfortably in his chair with his feet planted firmly upon the
floor and his hands resting upon his knees, you begin the use
of the long passes.
T h e L ong P ass: Stand in front of your patient and con
centrate your mind upon the effect you intend to produce. Say
to yourself, “I will relieve this patient of his pain. I will cure
him of his disease. I will restore his nefvous system to harmony.
I will give him freely of my magnetism. I can do this by my
knowledge of the law of sympathetic transmission of force.”
While you are thinking this to yourself, slowly raise both
hands, the fingers being clenched, and in a wide sweep raise
them above the patient's head, bringing them together and un
clasping the fingers, at a point just above his forehead. Now
spread your fingers out a little, keeping them easily apart but
not rigid and very slowly bring them down past the forehead,
face, chest, abdomen, to the knees, taking a full thirty seconds
to complete this slow longitudinal pass.' At the conclusion of
the pass shake the hands as if you were throwing off the diseased
condition of the patient, and clenching the fingers again bring
them once more in a wide sweep before the patient’s head, and
repeat the process. Continue this for five minutes, during which
time your patient will be almost certain to feel the stimulating ef
fect of your magnetism.
E f f e c t s t o B e N o t i c e d . —It may be that his heart beat will
be quickened and that he will perceive a feeling of warmth due to
the effect of your magnetism upon the circulation of his blood.
At the same time he will experience no marked excitement, but
the reverse effect will be noticed, viz., the calming influence upon
his nerves. Speak reassuringly to him, giving him an indication
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of the effects you intend to produce in him by this method. He is

now in condition to receive the true magnetic treatment for the
restoration of the equilibrium of his nerve force. The hands
are the only instruments used in this general treatment for trans
ferring vital magnetism to your patient and both hands should
F ig . i .— T he L ong P a ss in M a g n e t ic T reatm ent.
be employed in every case. It must be remembered again that

the right hand is the positive, or projecting hand, and the left hand
is the negative, or receiving hand.
S p e c ia l T r e a tm e n t: The principle of special treatment is
to form a circuit with the patient’s body as the point of contact
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Between the two hands. The current is thus passed through the
resistance, which is the patient’s body, and returns to the Healer.
The latter becomes conscious of the fact that the circuit is formed
by the sensation of slight tingling in his left hand, and when, this
is felt, he withdraws his left hand from contact with the body,
keeping his right in the same position as before. He then uses
his left hand merely as a stimulus to the force, by tapping lightly

with the fingers of the left hand from time to time upon the body,
or stroking. More minute directions as to special treatment in
special cases will be given further on. The point now is to de
scribe how the Magnetic Healer treats, and why.
P o s i t i o n o f H a n d s . —The Healer has directed the force into
the body of the patient, by forming the circuit with both hands,
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the right hand being placed upon the solar plexus, or pit of the
stomach, and the other resting upon some portion of the spine.
The position for the positive, or right hand, in all magnetic treat
ments, is always against the bare skin at the pit of the stomach
when possible. This rule must never be interfered with unless
it is offensive to the patient It is true that the Force can be
passed through clothing, but to be immediately efficacious, the
positive hand of The Healer should rest lightly but firmly upon
the flesh of the patient It is not so important that the left hand
be applied to the flesh, but it is always better, when possible,
to have the patient’s clothing loosened so as to permit both hands
to touch the flesh.' However, in case the patient is of the oppo
site sex and of such a sensitive nature that the close contact
seems indelicate, it is better to avoid this nervous antagonism
by working a longer time, with both hands outside the clothing.
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N o g o o d c a n b e a c c o m p lis h e d i f th e m o d e o f t r e a t m e n t d i s t r e s s e s
t h e p a t ie n t in a n y w a y .
T h e A b d o m i n a l B r a i n . —The Solar Plexus is a great nerve
center, so important in its bearing upon the health of the pa
tient, and so remarkable in its diffusing scope, that it has been
given the name of the Abdominal Brain. No matter what the
negative hand may be doing, the position of the right hand of
the Healer never varies: it is always upon the Solar Plexus.
The force so received from The Healer is radiated through the
entire nervous system from head to foot; thence it sets in the
direction of the Healer’s left hand, seeking to complete the cir
cuit. When the Healer senses that the circuit has been com
pleted, which sometimes happens in five, sometimes in ten min
utes, sometimes in less than a minute, he withdraws his left
hand from the spine, or wherever it may be resting, and pro
ceeds to allow the Force to flow into the patient from his right
hand alone.
D i r e c t i n g t h e C u r r e n t . —After waiting thus for a few
minutes, he touches the spine of the patient lightly with the tip
of the third 'finger of his left hand. The effect is to at once
cause a rush of Force to the point of contact, imparting to
the patient a pleasant tingling not unlike a mild current of elec
tricity. Sometimes this sensation is so slight as to be scarcely
noticeable, but with the continued treatments it becomes more
marked. The Healer allows his finger to rest in one place for
a few seconds, and then proceeds to touch the spinal cord from
end to end with the finger of the left hand, causing slight but
now unmistakable shocks to be felt by the patient, who com
plains sometimes of excessive warmth at the points of contact.
This tapping should proceed for five minutes, at the end of
which time the patient will be conscious of great benefit derived
in the form of additional strength imparted to his system, due
to the presence of Nervous Energy in added quantities tq the
nerves and their branches.
L e n g t h o f T r e a t m e n t . —After the current is established,
as described above, ten minutes is the longest treatment that should
be given, and after each treatment the Healer should wash his
hands and dry them carefully. Before beginning treatment he
should see that his hands are warm and slightly moist. If the
hands are cold, clap them or rub them briskly together before
applying them to the patient. If they are dry, moisten them
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slightly with water, allowing free escape of the Force through

the pores of the skin.
T h e H e a l e r ' s M a n n e r . —The healer always greets his pa
tient with a pleasant smile and kindly word. His speech breathes
a spirit of Hope for the sufferer, and his touch is magic to dis
pel suffering. His bearing is dignified and confident. In giv
ing these treatments it is not necessary that the left hand of
the Healer should rest upon the flesh of the patient, though
it is better, and results are more speedy, to so arrange mat
ters when possible. But it is advisable that the right hand
should be next the skin. The left will establish the circuit quite
satisfactorily outside the clothing. There is no fixed ride to fol
low in giving treatments so far as the position of the patient
is concerned. Nor can it be determined beforehand, whether the
Healer shall stand or sit. In this he must be guided by the most
comfortable position for his patient. The treatments may be given
with advantage when the patient is in bed; but a reclining posi
tion upon a comfortable couch will answer the purpose as well.
In some cases the sitting position is the most satisfactory.
P r e c a u t i o n s t o b e O b s e r v e d . —When the Healer is ready
to give his treatment, he speaks reassuringly to the patient, ex
plaining what he is going to do, and setting at rest the fears
which everyone will experience who enters upon a plan of treat
ment to which he h is been unaccustomed. It is always best,
until full confidence has been established, and even afterwards,
to have someone in the room in addition to the patient. This
gives to the latter a feeling of security, and the beneficent influ
ence will be more easily perceived. The first effect which the
patient will notice will be in the form of an increased warmth
of the body, penetrating sometimes unmistakably to the extremi
ties of the limbs, sometimes accompanied by a tingling of the
nerves and a quivering of the muscles.
I n c r e a s i n g t h e V i b r a t i o n s . —From the positive right hand
of the Healer there often comes a slight but decided vibratory
motion, as if the current were shaking its medium in its haste
to enter upon its work. With practice in healing, these vibra
tions of the positive hand become more marked, due to the greatly
increased flow of Energy from the palm and fingers. The
Healer now advises the patient to breathe slowly and deeply, in
order that the nervous system may draw into itself some of the
Force from without.
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T h e C r i s i s . —In all these treatments, the Healer looks al

ways towards one certain effect, an effect which is known to
physicians as “a crisis.” Crises have been recognized in dis
ease from very early times. A favorable crisis is attended by
sudden re-establishment of the secretions and excretions. In the
light of our knowledge of the effect of Vital Magnetism it is
easy for us to understand that the checking of the secretions
and excretions, which is a prominent symptom of internal dis
order, is due to the interruption of the Vital current in its cir
cuit. A removal of this interruption and a re-establishment of
• the current by the addition of nervous energy sets again in
motion the glandular processes of excretion and secretion. At
the establishment of the crisis-the skin especially becomes bathed
in perspiration and convalescence immediately follows.
T h e F o r c e t h a t D i r e c t s t h e B l o o d . —The Healer deals
first with the nervous system, knowing well that the power of
repairing tissue is primarily located in the nerve-energy of the
body. In other words, the power to arrest disease and repair
the body is in the nerve fluid before it is infused into the blood,
and exists as a Force independently of the Blood. The nervous
system exercises a prime influence over nutrition and all or
ganic processes, and it cannot be accepted that the changes in
nutritive processes observed to follow the application of Magnetic
Healing are only due to the variations in the size of the blood
vessels supplying the affected parts, although this is. doubtless a
factor in producing results.
C o n t r a s t i n g M e d i c a l S c i e n c e . —Medical science has di
rected its efforts mainly to the selection of drugs which have
in their action upon the system a sedative, anaesthetic and purga
tive effect. Thus the physician gives his attention to the treat
ment of symptoms, relying for the removal of the cause upon
the effort of the system to expel matter foreign to it, and thus
get rid of the “medicine” and the obstruction at the same time.
Such a method must cause a smile. It is a confession that drugs
are merely at their best intended to assist the intelligence of
the body in driving out the intruder. The drug is a haphazard
means of disturbing the Intelligence. It happens that the ac
tivity of the functions resulting from 'the introduction of the
drug into the system is followed by a disappearance of the symp
toms, the physician congratulates himself that he has found the
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correct remedy and pays no attention to the fact that without

Intelligence every drug must prove inert.
Surely, it is only reasonable to direct attention first to the con
trolling power. The Intelligence. Is it not better to act in union
with that Intelligence than to disturb and irritate it? Is not this
merely common sense? I am aware o f the fact that medicines
relieve certain conditions. Calomel, for example, acts upon the
intestinal tract; rhubarb increases the peristaltic action of the
bowels; opium paralyzes the cerebrutp.
A R a t i o n a l M e t h o d . —But the point I wish to make is that
the functions of the body are primarily under the control of the
Nervous system, and the rational method of treatment in any
and all diseases is to reach function through the nervous system
direct Anything else is a slow and cumbersome method. Nor
mal processes are most speedily established by the application
of Nervous Magnetism in all disorders of the body.
M e d i c a l M e t h o d s . —When inflammatory deposits have been
organized—have remained in the tissues until they have be
come hardened—many means are resorted to by physicians for
their removal. This is confessedly a difficult matter by use of
drugs. Electricity is used as an aid to the absorbents to take
up the morbid accumulation; dry air at a temperature of
300 degrees Fahrenheit is sometimes applied; local application^
of iodine, iodide of potassium, iodide of ammonium, and other
drugs are used, though the iodides frequently prove most harm
ful; and finally the physician informs the patient that when in
flammatory deposits have become organized they may be consid
ered a fixture.
M a g n e t i s m D i s s o l v e s D e p o s i t s . —Magnetic Healers, how
ever, have by no means concurred in this decision, and by di
recting their efforts to the controlling power they are enabled
to re-establish harmony in the system and dissolve the morbid
accumulations. There is a certain class of new and abnormal
growth which baffle the physician and his armamentarium of
drugs, but which yield readily to the application of Magnetic
Healing. Such, for instance, is the excessive development of
the epithelium of the sebaceous follicles in the form of verrucae,
or common warts. These are morbid growths amenable to the
dissolving action of the vital current. ‘Cancer, that most dread
of all diseases, probably originates in this way, by the trans-
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plantation of epithelial cells to connective tissue. These cells

having in themselves, propagative and creative power, cause the
abnormal growth, and for this clags of disorders the only rem
edy known is the knife of the surgeon. Valuable lives are sac
rificed every day because the physician will not perceive that,
where there is creative power, there is Intelligence. Where
there is the power to create abnormal growths, there must also
be the power to check -abnormal growths. There cannot be
growth without Intelligence.
C u r e f o r C a n c e r . —The cure indicated for cancers and for
all abnormal growths is the application of Magnetic Healing in its
inhibitive form. The intelligence which directs the nervous
energy in ordinary diseases to reconstruct and build up the tissue
is employed in these cases of abnormal growth for the dissolution
and disintegration of the growths, and speedy resolution of the
abnormal accumulation into the blood, to be thence excreted by
the system, follows the application of Vital Force.
R e l i e v i n g P a i n s . —For all pain which is an inseparable
symptom of disease, Magnetic treatment is the specific rem
edy. There is no form of pain which this will not dissipate,
as there is no form of disease which it cannot relieve and cure.
The attention of the Magnetic Healer is first directed to the
relief of pain by the introduction of Vital Force through the
nervous system, leaving the eradication of the disease to the
beneficent action of the same agent, working in harmony with
the nervous energy of the patient.
Medical science has pronounced quinine its great auxiliary in
lowering temperature in fever, but I have yet to hear of a case
where Magnetic Treatment failed to reduce pulse-rate and tem
perature in one treatment. It is not necessary for the Magnetic
Healer to inform himself accurately regarding the exact degree
of the body’s temperature. It is very necessary that the physi
cian should do so, because in fevers where quinine, antipyrin,
jaborandi and kindred agents have been blunderingly used to
depress the temperature, the thermometer informs the physician
when to discontinue further use of the drug lest the depression
of temperature be carried beyond the point of recuperation, and
collapse occur.
S p e c if ic T r eatm ents.
Let us give our attention now to the commonest diseases which

you will be called upon to treat and show how each is to be dealt
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with by Magnetic Healing, always remembering your previous

instruction in the general treatments.
H e a d a c h e : Request the patient, if the face is flushed, to sit
upright in a chair. Place positive hand (right) on the solar plexus,
and left hand at base of the brain, above the neck, back of the head.
Retain these positions for five minutes. If the face is pallid,

showing anemia instead of local congestion, request the patient
to lie upon a couch with head very slightly raised above the level
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of the txxly. After five minutes, remove the left hand, and touch
the scalp and forehead gently with the finger-tips, allowing the
fingers to trail gently over the scalp, down the back of the head,
with a drawing motion, down to the first or cervical division of
the spine. This relaxes the scalp, and relieves the pressure on
the nerve terminals which produced the pain.
A s th m a : A dyspnoea or difficulty in breathing, due to
chronic nervous spasm. Let the patient sit upright in a chair, and
keeping right hand as always upon the solar plexus, place left
hand on spine, fiat, between the shoulder blades for five minutes.
Then remove left hand and tap the spine lightly with finger-tips
from top to bottom, the cervical, dorsal, and lumbar divisions of
the spine. Instruct the patient while you are doing this to relax
muscles and breathe from the abdomen. The spasm will be im
mediately relieved.
I n f l u e n z a o r G r ip p e , C o l d s : Lassitude and general de
pression, accompanied by pain throughout the body, and discharge
of mucous from the nose.
Positive hand on Solar Plexus; negative hand on root of the
nose and forehead for five minutes. Then trail the fingers of the
left hand over the head of the patient from root of the nose t o .
cervical division of the spine. Instruct in deep and powerful
breathing from abdomen only.
C h ills : Recurrent or intermittent,, as in ague. Positive
hand on solar plexus; negative hand on base of the brain, resting
for ten minutes without tapping. Instruct in deep breathing.
£ e v e r : If there is delirium, positive hand on solar plexus,
and negative hand resting for five minutes at base of brain. After
five minutes, with negative hand, stroke spine without tapping
from top to bottom, using only finger-tips to make the stroke
with, lightly, until delirium passes. If there is no delirium, posi
tive hand on solar plexus, and negative hand at base of brain, as
before. Then instruct in abdominal breathing, deep, regular
breaths, eight seconds in duration without holding the breath be
tween inhalation and exhalation. Secure regularity in breathing,
keeping left hand in same position throughout the treatment.
Watch for crisis, accompanied by perspiration, followed by sleep.
The fever has passed.
R h e u m a tis m : An inflammatory condition of the tissues
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eign deposits in tissues. Positive hand on solar plexus. Nega

tive hand on seat of pain. Instruct in Deep Breathing.
S c i a t i c a : An inflammatory condition of the nerve substance
itself. Treatment as in rheumatism.
N e rv o u s P r o s tr a tio n a n d N e u r a s th e n ia : An irritable
condition of the brain substance and nerves, due to imperfect
nutrition through excitement and worry. Positive hand on solar
plexus, negative hand resting at base of brain.
A lc o h o lis m , M o r p h i n i s m a n d C o c a i n i s m : Treatments
twice daily for one month. Watch these cases carefully. There
is deterioriation of brain and nerve substance. Treatment by tap
ping the spine with fingers of left hand. Deep Breathing, and
regular exercise by muscular contraction.
C a t a r r h o f H e a d , S t o m a c h , K id n e y s , B la d d e r : An in
flammatory condition of mucous- membranes. Treatment by
positive hand on solar plexus; negative hand on affected part.
Treatment by diet, deep breathing and exercise.- Catarrh is al
ways due to impaired nutrition.
C h r o n ic C o n s tip a tio n : A condition of lack" of peristaltic
action of the bowels and habitual contraction of sphincter muscle
of the anus. Positive hand on solar plexus, negative hand on base
of brain. Fluids, five pints of cool water daily sipped .at fre
quent intervals, deep breathing and exercise, cure every case.
This is the commonest of disorders, and should be first attended
to in the treatment of all diseases.
D y s p e p s ia : Irritable condition o f the digestive organs.
Positive hand on solar plexus, negative hand at base of brain.
Fluids as above.
P a r a ly s is : If on left side, due to injury to right hemis
phere of brain. If on right side, due to injury to left hemisphere.
Treatment, positive hand on solar plexus, negative on affected
part, tapping forcibly with side of the hand to restore sensation.
If paralysis is complete, affecting both sides of the body, treat
ment is by positive hand on solar plexus, negative on spine, draw
ing finger-tips from top to bottom to restore currents.
A p o p l e x y : A suffusion of blood to the head, causing uncon
sciousness, and sometimes paralysis. Seat patient upright; apply
positive hand to solar plexus, negative to base of brain, tapping
spine from top to bottom..
B r i g h t ' s D i s ' e a s e : An affection of the kidneys, which has not
been satisfactorily met by the medical profession. Treatment by
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breatfiing, and magnetism. Positive hand on solar plexus, neg
ative on region of the kidneys.
D r o p s y : A watery deposit in the tissues, causing swelling.
Treatment, positive hand on solar plexus, negative at base of
brain. Breathing and magnetism cure.
This lesson could be indefinitely prolonged, but sufficient in
struction in treatment and the principles of treatment has been
given to enable you to take under your care any case of disease
that presents itself. Never forget to instil the importance of fol
lowing the breathing directions given upon your patient’s minds;
since upon their earnest co-operation with you in much of the de
tail of Magnetic Healing their continued health depends. It is
not sufficient to make your patient well; he mu9t be taught also
how to keep well, and prevent a recurrence of his disorder. In
this respect Magnetic Healing fills all the needs of man..
M a g n e t i z i n g b y t h e B r e a t h : It was impressed upon you
in the earlier part of this course of lessons that magnetic energy
could be transmitted by breathing, and it remains now to show
you how the breath is used in the act of insufflation as it is called.
H o t I n s u f f l a t i o n . —Insufflation is of two kinds, hot and
cold. The hot insufflation is demonstrated by breathing upon a
piece of flannel laid upon the seat of pain in the patient. The
Healer puts his mouth close against the flannel and by breathing
heavily upon it causes a sensation of great heat in the part. This
breathing should be continued for several minutes, at the end
of which time, in headaches, neuralgia, rheumatism, and in fact
any acute pain it will be found that the trouble is very much
relieved, if not entirely cured.
Before leaving the subject of hot insufflation there is a
method by which the chronic constipation of the pronounced
type can be entirely cured when using this process.
D i r e c t i o n s : At the pit of the patient’s stomach covering the
solar plexus, lay a piece of flannel about 6 inches square against
the bare skin. Now bending over the patient, apply your left
hand to the lumbar or lower division of the spine, allowing the
patient to lie upon that hand, palm upward, pressing against the
spine. Now apply your mouth to the piece of flannel and breathe
through the mouth upon it, inhaling air through the nose. The
effect will be to almost immediately start peristaltic action in the
patient and a lifelong habit of constipation may be broken up in
this simple way.
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C o l d I n s u f f l a t i o n . —Cold insufflation has an exactly con

trary effect and consists of blowing the breath upon the patient
from a distance of several feet for the purpose of calming the
nerves and clearing the brain. Cold insufflation is very useful
banishing drowsiness and stimulating the nerves of the patient
to increasing activity. It is not especially valuable in curing or
alleviating pains, but is a good thing to use at the conclusion
of a treatment in order to restore the patient quickly to the full
activity of the senses. The breath in cold insufflation should
be directed upon -the forehead and eyelids of the patient.
How t o M a g n e t i z e O b j e c t s : A very large part of the prac
tice of the Magnetic Healer comes to him through correspondence
from patients living at a distance and it is a matter of great im
portance to them that they should receive from the Healer articles
magnetized by his force which can be applied by them to the seat
of pain or for the cure of chronic conditions. You must under
stand therefore how to magnetize an article so that its curative
properties shall be retained for the use of patients at a distance.
P r e p a r i n g B l o t t i n g P a p e r . —One of the best and most easily
handled articles for conveying magnetic force to a distance is blot
ting paper and the way to magnetize blotting paper is as follows:
Take a piece of new blotting paper about the size of an ordi
nary envelope and sprinkle it on both sides with a few drops of
water. Now heat your "hands very hot by rubbing them together,
shaking them, and clapping them with force one against the other,
and then hold this blotting paper between the palms of the hands
for two minutes impressing your concentrated thought upon the
article, willing strongly that your magnetism shall be absorbed
and retained by it for the benefit of your patient. So proceed with
another piece of blotting paper the same size and having thus sepa
rately magnetized them, place the two pieces together, and hold
them together between the palms of your hands for a minute or
two. Now wrap them in clean white paper and post them to your
patient, together with a letter giving full directions for use. In
curing diseases of long standing, the paper is to be used by wear
ing it upon the part which it is desired to treat.
I n C a s e o f S o r e s . —If desired for the cure of a sore or ulcer
of long standing a thick piece of cloth should be laid upon the
sore and then the blotting paper laid over the cloth. It is bet
ter that no one but the patient be allowed to handle the blotting
paper before it is applied in order that there may be no diminu-
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tion of magnetism. It is possible to magnetize almost any object
from a ring to a piece of raw potato, so that such objects will
have curative properties, but the blotting paper will be found to
answer most purposes.
How t o M a g n e t i z e a G l a s s o f W a t e r : It very often hap-
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pens that patients require magnetism in liquid form and better re
sults, especially in fevers and chronic rheumatism, can be obtained
sometimes by the use of magnetized water than by any other
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agency. Take a glass and fill it with cold water. Hold the glass in
the left hand. Point the fingers of the right hand and the thumb
upon the surface o f the water at the mouth of the glass, but do no
allow the fingers to come in contact with the water. Now direct
your attention upon the glass of water, having previously heated
your hands to allow the accumulation of nervous energy at the
points of the fingers as in the preceding preparation of the
blotting paper. Five minutes work will magnetize a glass
ful or a jugful of water, provided care be taken that the vessel
containing the water has a wide mouth and not a narrow neck.
The patient should be instructed to take the water in doses of
a wineglassful every thirty minutes for the first day; every hour
the second day; and a wineglassful three times a day after this. It
is an interesting experiment to set before a patient two glasses of
water, one of which has been magnetized, and allow him to dis
tinguish by the slightly metallic taste of the magnetized water
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TO PROFESSIONAL HEALERS.
If it is your purpose to take up magnetic healing as a profes

sion instead of merely a personal and private accomplishment, I
would give you a word of advice, in the form of “don’ts”—
perhaps the shortest way.
Don’t hurry or appear anxious.
Don’t drop your calm, pleasant,, dignified and confident
manner.
Don’t allow flippancy or familiarity to creep into your rela
tion with your patients. Don’t be austere or gloomy, however.
Don’t neglect extreme cleanliness in dress and person.
Don’t make your fees too small; rather make them as large as
yon reasonably can, but,
Don’t hesitate to do plenty of charity work; take all the work
you can get—it advertises you.
Don’t accept a fee that your patient cannot afford to pay.
Don’t accept a fee, except for your time, when you have failed,
for any reason, to benefit a case.
Don’t take any acute or critical cases unless they are thrust
upon you forcibly and voluntarily. The present condition of
medical laws in most countries permits physicians to slay their
patients by the thousands, but if someone dies on a healer’s hands,
great is the uproar—from the medical men.
Don’t handle contagious diseases, for the same reason.
Don’t practice at all unless you have a sweet, clean and pleas
ant office or room in which to work.
Don’t argue or theorize with anyone. Hold yourself good-
naturedly above it, telling them if they want instruction you will
sell it at so much per lesson.
Don’t keep bad company or neglect the conventionalities of
society, which are intended for the public good.
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PART V.
A b se n t T re a tm e n ts — T h e P o w er o f T h o u g h t— T h e P u rp o se o f T h is
C h a p te r— T h e F o rce o f G o o d - w i l l — A v o id S e lf-d is tru s t— T h e
• L a w o f L iv in g — N a t u r a l A id s t o C u rb — B r e a t h i n g f o r H e a l t h -
F o rm o f B r e a t h in g — E x p r e s s in g S u g g e s tio n s — I n c r e a s in g C h e s t
E x p a n s io n — S o lv e n t P ro p e rtie s o f F lu id s — H o w to D r in k W a te r —
A C a u tio n — A N e w S y s te m o f E x e r c is e — S t r e t c h i n g — F i r s t E x e r
c is e on W a k in g — T h e S y s te m of M u s c u la r C o n tra c tio n — T h e
P ro p e r M e th o d —W h e n t o U s e I t — H o w O f te n to D o T h i s — C o rre
s p o n d in g W i t h P a t i e n t s — W r i t e P e r s o n a l L e t t e r s A lw a y s — H o w
t o G iv e T h e s e T r e a t m e n t s — T h e R e a c t i o n f o r G o o d U p o n t h e
H e a l e r — A F i n a l W o r d o f A d v ic e .
A b s e n t T r e a t m e n t s . —In the course of a long life devoted

to the cultivation of what is now known as the thought-force, I
have had many opportunities of proving alike to the satisfaction of
myself and of my patients that it is not only possible to project
Healing Thought, which is the fundamental energy of life, to any
distance, but that it is also possible to teach to others the secret of
the power, if you please to call it so, which I have made my own.
I know quite well that many of the readers of this present Course
of Instruction have been led to believe that there is no other power
at work in performing these cures by distant healing but the Imagi
nation of the patient, or, the Expectant Attention of the patient. I
will give due credit to the Imagination and to the Attention, but I
must be allowed to retain my earnest belief that there is a force at
work which is as much superior to the force of what is called
Suggestion, or Imagination, or Attention, as the telegraph is
superior to the mail service.
T h e P o w e r o f T h o u g h t . —I believe that Thought is Energy;
that it is dynamic; that it is transferable; that it contains within
itself potencies of good and potencies of evil; that I can injure by
my thought as certainly as that I can cure by my thought. After
eliminating all examples of cure which have occurred within my
own practice which might be traced possibly to the use of the
Imagination, or of Expectant Attention, or of simple Suggestion,
I find an enormous number of cases which cannot be explained
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Upon any .such hypotheses. The only explanation of such cures
possible is that I was enabled to transmit Thought, Healing
Thought, across distance in some manner, the mechanism of which
is at present unknown to us. I do not expect to be able to teach
you what Thought is, because if we knew that we should prob
ably have arrived at the heart of the mystery of creation. I do
not think that it will ever be given to man to know the composi
tion of Thought.
T h e P u r p o s e o f T h i s C h a p t e r . —I want to teach' you only
how you may use Thought-transmission for the benefit of yourself
and of others. If you know this, if you know how to do this, and
how to use this power at will, you may be well content not to
worry yourself about the composition of Thought or the analysis
of Energy; it will be sufficient for you that you are enabled to do
great good in the world. I think that you will find as I found that
the projection of thought is an extremely simple matter. It is in
my opinion so simple that its very simplicity has caused its amaz
ing force to be overlooked in this age of difficulties surmounted.
T h e F o r c e o f G o o d - w i l l . —AH that is necessary in order
to project thought successfully is the motive, the intent, the good
purpose, the wish to help, to assist, some one sick and in suffer
ing. This wish or this desire carries with it a full sense of power
to do that which you wish to do. You can project thought
because you desire to project thought, because your wish is good.
It is very different in the field of action, but in the realm of
thought you, a weak man or woman, are as powerful as the
strongest; physically you may not be so, but in thought you are,
I repeat, as strong as if you were physically whole and sound.
A v o i d S e l f - d i s t r u s t . —Bear this point very carefully in
mind; throw out from your mind all self-distrust; do not believe
that because you are yourself perhaps sick and weak therefore you
cannot do any one any good. The reverse is true. Some of our
greatest Magnetic Healers were by no means physically robust;
but they, and all of my pupils, without exception bear witness to
the fact that they gain strength themselves in the same proportion
that they give strength to others; that while they send out to their
patients and their friends, and even to their enemies, full cur
rents of strength-giving healthful thought, they are constantly
receiving back, as it were by a return current, renewed health,
renewed hope and courage along the thought-plane.
T he L aw of L i v i n g .— T h e p h ilo s o p h y o f t h i s w o r k is v e r y
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beautiful. It aptly bears out the teachings of Christ. It is a
casting of bread upon the waters which returns again and again.
It is a giving of alms which is restored to the giver an hundred
fold. It is for many the gate .not only to physical strength and
health but to the unfoldment of the higher life within. The
development of the spirit along the thought-plane is very marked
among those who give themselves in thought to the pursuit of this
noble work.
N a t u r a l A i d s t o C u r e . —We must not overlook in the
treatment of our patients those material aids to physical
health which are the mainstay of every reasonably con
ducted sanitarium in the world to-day. While I may be
lieve with many of the best thinkers of the age that the
practice of medicine as we know it to-day is largely an experi
ment and uncertainty, yet we must not disparage the great work
of those far-seeing physicians who have made the practice of pre
ventive medicine their study; who have given their time to the
better knowledge of Hygiene, of Diet, of Massage, of Electricity,
Water and Rest, preferring to work with the reasonable and sim
ple means which nature has placed in man’s way for the improve
ment of his physical condition, rather than to experiment with
dangerous drugs. Chief among these aids to health I place the
right use of Breathing. I desire you especially to instruct your
patients in a knowledge of the value of the right use of the lungs
to man. In the Bible the word "spirit” is used in place of the
strict meaning of the Greek word “Pneuma,” the Breath. The
importance of breathing is never properly enforced upon the
young; if it were, there would be in this country no such thing
as tuberculosis; no such thing as consumption; since every phy
sician will agree with me that no child is ever bom into this world
having consumption developed in him. A proper exercise of the
lungs would absolutely prevent the development of the germ of
this terrible scourge, and I therefore make it a most important
point in this Course of Instruction that you add to your knowl
edge and to your form of treatment the points contained in the
following paragraph, and instruct your patients along these lines,
besides following them yourself.
B r e a t h i n g f o r H e a l t h . —In order that your patient may get
the full benefit of this course of treatment he must pay particular
attention to three things. The first is the act of breathing, the
second is the drinking of sufficient cold water, in very small quan-
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tities but very frequently, to greatly increase the quantity of blood
in the system, and the third is the form of exercise for invalids
which I have found most suitable for all—for weak or strong,
young or old. Let us begin with directions for his improved form
of breathing. He has been in the habit of taking a great many
short and easy breaths in order to supply his body with sufficient
oxygen to carry on its work. He has not probably once in the
course of the day taken one full inhalation and exhalation. ‘He
has not taken in just as .much air as his lungs could possibly hold
and breathed out to the uttermost extent of compression which the
lung-tissue is capable of. He must begin to understand that ex
haling the breath, thus removing carbonic acid from the lungs, is
just as important as inhaling.
F o r m o f B r e a t h i n g . —He must begin to breathe from the ab
domen, instead of from the chest. Breathe from the abdomen and
carry it upward to the chest so that he feels that he is actually
taking into his body all the air it can possibly hold. Let this be
done gradually and without spasmodic jerkings of the muscles.
Ten such breaths as this in the morning first thing when he
awakes, long, slow, gradual, complete, breaths. If he should be
a poor sleeper, and should wake during the night he must repeat
this operation, remembering this comforting fact, that he will do
his system as much good by a half-hour’s exercise of this kind as
though he were indulging in the profoundest slumber. This is
the method which gives to the body oxygen to destroy waste mat
ter and to give heat for the increase of the bodily temperature.
E x p r e s s i n g S u g g e s t i o n s . —With the expansion of the
lungs he must say to himself, “I am taking in healing and
strength with every breath” ; every time he exhales a breath let it
be with the words deeply thought, “I am getting rid of weak
ness, of disease and of pain.” Get these formulas by heart, use
them by day and use them by night; never forget them. When
ever he goes out from the house into the open air, he must take
ten such breaths; complete inhalations and exhalations; breathing
only through the nose. This will set the blood tingling and the
heart beating powerfully and well, quickening the circulation and
carrying life and health throughout the body. This will also pre
vent the taking of colds.
I n c r e a s i n g C h e s t E x p a n s i o n . —You will be surprised
how greatly the chest expansion will increase under this
process of breathing exercise; in the case of dyspepsia too and all
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stomach troubles the abdominal breathing is as beneficial as mas

sage and is sufficient in itself to cure many obstinate cases. Oxy
gen also is a great solvent. It is good for rheumatism. It burns
and destroys the deposits in the system due to imperfect elimina
tion of waste matter from the blood. Pay particular attention to
the benefits to be derived from the deep breathing.
S olvent P roperties of F luids.—'Now as to water-drink
ing. This is scarcely less important than the breathing.
Every human being should take at least five pints of
fluid of one kind or another during the day or as near that
amount as he can. Neuralgia, headaches, pains of various kinds
and degrees, can almost invariably.be traced to an insufficient sup
ply of moisture for the body’s operations. When1the nerves are
deprived of sufficient nourishment they cry aloud, and their cry we
call pain. When the blood is not sufficiently recuperated by the
drinking of enough fluids for the body’s welfare it draws upon the
supply of fluid which the nerves themselves require; the result is
that the nerves are starving for lack of moisture, and while the
patient may appear to the eye to be only slightly anemic, the trou
ble is increasing with the passing of the years and soon assumes
very serious proportions.
How to D rink W ater.—Water should be drunk without ice,
in small quantities, a sip at a time, a teaspoonful or a tablespoon
ful at once, with short intervals between, and while any form of
fluid such as weak tea, coffee, cocoa, chocolate, etc., with the
exception of alcoholic stimulants, is good, cool water is best. The
effect of this continual water drinking is to clear the complexion,
to give weight to the body, to give purity to the blood, and strength
to the individual. Almost immediately a great change will be no
ticed. The laxative effects will at first be very marked, but after
wards this becomes a matter of no inconvenience. The improved
sleep, the stronger respiration, the better heart’s action, the'buoy
ancy of returning health are all to be largely attributed to this
great, cleansing agent, Cool Water.
A Caution .—Guard against drinking more than half a
tumblerful at a time. Let there be a few moments rest between
each teaspoonful or wineglassful, and the results will be unfail
ingly beneficial. There is no hour of the day when these instruc
tions with regard to the drinking of water may not be followed.
There is no hour of the day or night when this water-drinking,
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conducted according to the plans here laid down, will be other than
a benefit to your patient.
A N ew S ystem of E xercise.—Having now attended to the
refreshments, so to speak, of the body, let’us complete the direc
tions by taking up the necessary consideration of the Third Arm
of the Tripod upon which the health of the body rests. This is
summed up in what is known as Exercise. An invalid’s idea of
exercise is usually fraught with severe fatigue and some pain.
The ideal form of Exercise which I recommend to you, and which
carries with it no sense of fatigue whatever, is one which a few
men have had the sense to copy from the animal kingdom.
S tretching.—If you have ever watched a cat stretch
ing its limbs, and sharpening its claws, you will under
stand exactly what I mean by Pleasurable Exercise. I do not
require you to go for long walks or to fatigue yourself by lift
ing heavy weights. You are only required to relax and contract
the muscles of the whole body, beginning with the hands and
ending with the feet. The special beauty of this form of exercise
is that it can be performed just as well when you are lying down
in bed as if you were standing up. It is as easy for an invalid
to take this form of exercise as for a well person.
F irst E xercise on W aking .—The first exercise in the
morning for you when you are practicing your long deep breath
ing is to throw your arms over your head while lying
in bed, grasping the head of the bed and stretching arms and
shoulders sufficiently to influence the heart’s action to a marked
degree during the intaking of the deep breath. You will notice
the effect upon the pulse and upon the circulation at once. Then
stiffen the muscles of the arms for a few moments and suddenly
relax them; so with the abdomen and the legs; so with the feet.
Practice this contracting and- relaxing of the muscles, and prac
tice the stretching of the body, especially from side to side during
the day-time, taking a deep breath and bending over as far as you
can bend on one side, then exhaling, taking another deep breath
and bending over as far as you can bend on the other side. The
effect will be to repair wasted tissue in the body, to bring about a
quicker and healthier circulation, and to tone up the system to a
better degree than would occur if you were taking outdoor
exercise.
T he S ystem of M uscular Contraction.—The impor.
tance of exercise of a mild and invigorating type to the in-*
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valid can hardly be overestimated. There is another pro

cess somewhat similar to the foregoing, and not generally known
to the public which is called the System of Contraction, and which
is a simple method of developing the strength of the muscles by
a purely natural process. Hitherto it* has always been held by
o u r in s t r u c t o r s in p h y s ic a l c u lt u r e a s e s s e n t ia l t o t h e d e v e lo p m e n t
o f t h e h o d y t h a t t h e r e s h a ll b e in c o n n e c t io n w it h t h e e x e r c is e
c a r r ie d o u t a la r g e a m o u n t o f f a t ig u e e n g e n d e r e d b y t h e severity
o f t h e t r a in in g u n d e r g o n e . A s a m a tte r o f fa c t, f a t ig u e o f a n y
k in d is d ir e c tly a d v e r s e t o th e b u ild in g :u p o f th e body . A t no
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time should either a sick or a well person use his strength in

lifting weights or in straining the muscles in any manner by
walking, running, etc., to the point at which extreme fatigue is
felt by the body.
T he P roper M ethod.—What is known as the System of
Contraction is simply a healthy method of inducing through the
muscular system a feeling of rest and relaxation following upon
the contraction of the muscles of the body, and here I wish you to
particularly note that this form of exercise is to be used as a prepa
ration for the Distant Treatment for health which are to follow.
W hen to U se I t.—That is to say, this exercise should be
proceeded with about ten minutes before the hour set for the Dis
tant Treatment arrives. Five minutes should be devoted to the
exercise, and five minutes to restoring the system by complete
relaxation to its condition of natural receptiveness, or passivity,
thus restoring the equilibrium to the nerve-centers, quickening the
pulse and heart’s action, etc. The exercise is to be carried out
as follows:
Imagine that you are about to raise from the floor a consider
able weight. You would naturally in order to perform such a feat
strain your muscles to a high tension. Act exactly as if the weight
were in front of you, stoop down to the floor, straining all the
muscles of the body as if in the act of lifting the weight, raise
yourself gradually to your full height and slowly with muscles
still contracted bring your hands together over your head, stretch
ing them as high as possible, and raising yourself slowly to the
tips of your toes. Then with the muscles still contracted lower
yourself from the position of standing on tiptoe until your feet
rest flat again upon the ground. This is the first exercise, and
immediately your feet are firmly planted on the ground relax
every muscle, resting while you count five.
How O ften to Do T h is .—As a preliminary exercise it will
be sufficient for the invalid to do this three times only at
one sitting, watching the effect upon the body. If there fol
lows a sense of pleasant languor and lassitude, the exercise is doing
the work it should do. It is not intended to really tire the patient,
and if not carried to excess it will not have the effect of induc
ing fatigue, but will on the other hand result in bringing about
that change in metabolism, and the reconstruction of cell life,
which is necessary to health. As the patient grows stronger there
are infinite varieties of this exercise which will commend them-
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selves to him, remembering that the general law to be followed is
never actually to raise any weight; never to use clubs or dumb
bells or to impose upon the muscles anything in the nature of a
strain. A surprising development in the physical strength will
come about merely through this system of contraction and relaxa
tion of the muscles of the body. It is a form of exercise which in
a modified way can be practiced by the invalid during his return to
health at all times of the day whenever he feels the need of slight'
stimulus to the circulation.
Corresponding W ith P atients.—Here follows the form of
letter which you should send out to your patients. You need not
cover all these points; merely insist that your patients shall think
strongly of you during their treatment and shall co-operate with
you in your desire to help them.
Absent Treatment, Case No----------- Date---------
Dear------- :
Your application for Absent Treatment from me has been
received and your case will be arranged for as follows: You will
receive one Treatment each day of one hour, or two Treatments
of half an hour each, whichever will be most acceptable to you.
If you will kindly fix the time which best suits you when you can
have one hour devoted to quiet contemplation without danger of
being disturbed or interrupted I will arrange my time, having
respect to the distance which separates us, so that at the hour you
choose I shall send you strong currents of healthful thought. I
desire you during the treatment to keep yourself as far as possi
ble in a quiet, attentive attitude of mind, to sit in a comfortable
chair or remain in bed with the eyes closed, breathing slowly and
deeply, waiting merely for the effects which are to follow. Devote
a few minutes before the beginning of each treatment to pleasant
thoughts in a comfortable attitude of body and mind, thus pre
paring the way for the health-thought which is to come. This
strong, but quiet, potential energy which is to be directed for your
strengthening and healing is in part resident in yourself. I shall
use the force that is within you, and direct it and develop it. You
have powers within that you do not dream of. These powers
shall be brought into action with your co-operation earnestly
given, and the result will surprise you. There is no
reason why you should not mention to others that you
are taking absent treatment, but I beseech you to take
for your confidantes only such persons as will 1>e In
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sympathy with the idea, otherwise you are liable to arouse dis
cordance and criticism, which will interfere with the quiet
soothing flow of the vital health thought. From this time on
F ig . 6 .— G i v i n g a n A b se n t T r e a tm e n t.
allow nothing but hopeful, pleasant thought and speech to engage

your attention. If for any reason you feel depressed or miserable
simply think of me and you will soon make yourself a positive
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force instead of a negative. Begin to assert yourself, and to real
ize your own powers for good, instead of being as you have
been merely an object of attack for disease and weakness. If
disease has heretofore marked you out as a good victim make
a bargain with yourself now that you will from this time
on present a determined front to its attack, realizing that the
j>ower to resist its encroachment is within you, and that as you
u^e this power you will find it grow and develop to your need.
Do not be afraid to use the force which is your own. You
must receive now the assurance of my personal regard, and believe
in my earnest desire to help you. Write and tell me at what time
it will be best for you to receive Treatment, and I will then com-
.municate with you by post card, telling you just on what day
your Treatment will begin. If there is anything in the case
which you have not yet told me about, do so now that I may fully
understand it. At the end of your month’s Treatment I request
you to report to me concerning the progress you have made.
W rite P ersonal L etters A lways.—This is the best form
of letter which a Healer can send out to his patients. It is cer
tainly much better that the Healer should write these letters
personally than that he should have them printed, but I under
stand quite well that in the case of a large practice it is very
difficult to personally write the many letters required. Neverthe
less it should be done.
How to Give T hese T reatments.—I want to point out to
you who are perhaps sick in body and who have taken
up this line of work in the hope that in helping others you
may help yourselves, that the projection of thought is merely
an actual holding in the mind of a thought or idea of health. The
manner in which you are personally to give this Treatment is as
follows: Y ou are to sit in a com fortable chair in a room as much
secured from noise and interruption as possible, close the eyes,
and'hold in you r hand the letter o f the patient whom you wish to
benefit, or hold in you r m ind the name of the person and his re
q u e st R epeat quietly to you rself the name and address of the
patient . Go over rapidly, in you r m ind the sym ptom s of which he
complains, and 'then repeat to yourself this form ula or som ething
like it; “ This patient complains o f s ic k n e s s ...I project to him
m y healing thought, and call upon the pow er resident in him to
m eet m e in this w ork o f restoring harmony to his system . I cast
out disease, which is lack o f ease, and bespeak fo r him health re -
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Hewed and returning happiness. L e t this request be granted. I call
upon th e Great P o w er o f Good Thought,w hich is H arm ony,w hich
is U niversal H ealth, to a id m e to reach th is patient, and help him.
T h is is m y earnest d e m a n d '." R epeat again to you rself th
o f th is patient, and couple w ith it th e talismanic w o rd s "Health,"
“H appiness" "H arm ony," “Peace." The Thought so projected
does, according to my belief, fully reach the patient and is
absorbed by his mind. There it expands and works within him,
much as yeast ferments in flour and water. It is not necessary
that you should give up any length of time to the consideration of
each patient unless you particularly wish so to do. The hour’s
Treatment is for the patient, not for the Healer, this time is al
lowed the patient in order that the Thought may have time to
fix itself , fully upon his attention, and, so to speak, work- thor
oughly into his system. F ive m inutes and som etim es less is suffi
cient tim e fo r yo u r part o f the w ork.
T he R eaction for Good U pon the H ealer.—You will
find it of especial value to hold in your mind the last thing
at night the Health Thought for the benefit of some patient,
whose case particularly appeals to you as claiming your sym
pathy and compassion. If you are in pain, such as treatment
given to a friend will lighten your pain; if you are sleepless,
such a treatment will be the speediest means of tranquilizing
your own thought, restoring the nerve equilibrium, and
introducing harmony into your own system; if you awake during
the night, you may bear in mind that you can instantly reproduce
sleep for yourself by calling up the affliction of some friend to
your memory and giving that friend a Health Treatment.
A F inal W ord of A dvice.—In every case I strongly advise
you to inform your patients of what you are about to do. I do not
for a moment say that you could not benefit them without their
knowledge; I think you could; I think it is being done every day;
I think that the Health Thought which is in its essence en
tirely good can give benefit without the knowledge or expecta
tion of the patient, but I nevertheless think it better at all times to
secure the cordial co-operation of my patients in this Treatment.
You have now received full instructions what to do, and full
instructions how to do it. It only remains for you now to apply
this teaching.
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A Course of Instruction

Part I. T he Philosophy of Magnetic Healing

P art IL Special Instruction to the Student

P art m . Rules for Development erf Magnetic Power

Part IV. T he Application of Magnetic Healing

Part V. Giving Absent Treatm ents

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Magnetic Healing is that system of treatment by which Life-

T he P hilosophy of M agnetic H ealing.—From the earliest

because there is no longer an active brain to interpret the sen­

S pecial D irections to the M agnetic H ealer : The ave­

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a couch. Now his method should be to gradually extend and

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of the effects you intend to produce in him by this method. He is

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be employed in every case. It must be remembered again that

his left hand merely as a stimulus to the force, by tapping lightly

slightly with water, allowing free escape of the Force through

T h e C r i s i s . —In all these treatments, the Healer looks al­

correct remedy and pays no attention to the fact that without

plantation of epithelial cells to connective tissue. These cells

Let us give our attention now to the commonest diseases which

with by Magnetic Healing, always remembering your previous

Retain these positions for five minutes. If the face is pallid,

eign deposits in tissues. Positive hand on solar plexus. Nega­

C o l d I n s u f f l a t i o n . —Cold insufflation has an exactly con­

If it is your purpose to take up magnetic healing as a profes­

A b s e n t T r e a t m e n t s . —In the course of a long life devoted

stomach troubles the abdominal breathing is as beneficial as mas­

valid can hardly be overestimated. There is another pro­

time should either a sick or a well person use his strength in

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because there is no longer an active brain to interpret the sen

S pecial D irections to the M agnetic H ealer : The ave

T h e D e v e l o p m e n t o f M a g n e t i c P o w e r s : If you were pos

T h e C r i s i s . —In all these treatments, the Healer looks al

eign deposits in tissues. Positive hand on solar plexus. Nega

C o l d I n s u f f l a t i o n . —Cold insufflation has an exactly con

If it is your purpose to take up magnetic healing as a profes

stomach troubles the abdominal breathing is as beneficial as mas

valid can hardly be overestimated. There is another pro

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